Who Should Install This Update?

Subscription
Benefits

Subscription
customers can now access selected subscription benefits without logging onto
the Subscription Center. The following benefits are available only to
subscription customers.

Online
Renewal

If
you meet the online renewal program rules and your subscription expires soon, a
balloon notification with the option to renew displays. This notification
displays only three times. If you have already renewed your subscription, or
are not a subscription customer, these options are not available.

·In InfoCenter, follow the directions in the alert message that
displays.

·In InfoCenter, click the Subscription Center button. Under
Benefits Center, click Click Here to Learn More About Your Subscription
Benefits and follow the directions that display.

eLearning

In
InfoCenter, click the Subscription Center button. Under Benefits Center, click
View eLearning Catalog or from the bottom of the Subscription Center menu click
an eLearning lesson. You will be prompted to sign-in to the Subscription
Center.

Search

You
can access some subscription-only learning and technical support without
logging onto the Subscription Center. This includes eLearning lessons.

New
Advantage Packs

When
a new advantage pack becomes available, a balloon notification and menu option
displays. To review and download the advantage pack, click the balloon
notification or menu option. You must have permission to begin the download.
Contract managers and software coordinators can control access to advantage
packs from the Subscription Center > Set Access from Product. Instructions
for setting access permissions are provided to contract managers and software
coordinators prior to advantage pack releases.

General
Installation Information

As you prepare to install this
update, keep the following in mind:

·If you intend to apply the AutoCAD Civil 2010 Subscription
Advantage Pack to your installation of AutoCAD Civil 3D, you must do so before
applying AutoCAD Civil 3D Update 3. Attempts to apply the Subscription
Advantage Pack after the application of AutoCAD Civil 3D Update 3 will fail.

·Create a backup of all custom CUIx (menu customization) files
before installing the update. These files are located in:

·During the installation of this update, you may be prompted for
the original installation media or network image. In order to apply this
update, you must have administrative privileges to install and uninstall
products.

·Administrators can deploy this update over a network using the
Deployment wizard.

·After you install, product information displays in the About
dialog box.

·The following benign error message may be displayed when
installing this update on non-English language operating systems, or when the
English product is installed on a non-English locale:

This error message may also be
displayed when running the AutoCAD Civil 3D Content Browser feature on certain
non-English language operating systems. If you see this error message, simply
click OK and proceed with the update installation or with using the Content
Browser.

Important: You cannot run an automatic uninstall to
remove this update. To restore your version of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 to its
pre-update state, uninstall AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 and reinstall it.

Administrative images created with the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010
Network Installation wizard cannot be updated to include AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010
Update 3. To apply this Update follow the steps in the section titled
“Applying this Update to a Stand-alone Installation”.

Issues Resolved for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010
Update 3

This
update includes the resolution of over 10 issues. This section of the readme
documents the resolved issues that previously caused loss of data, unexpected
failures of AutoCAD Civil 3D, or reflect a change in functionality. You can
view the issues resolved in the AutoCAD Civil 3D
2010 Update 1 and AutoCAD Civil 3D
2010 Update 2Readme’s.

Alignment
Transitions

·Drawings which contain alignments with
transition curves will no longer change geometry upon opening.

General

·Incorrect
instances of missing Language pack errors on file opening have been resolved.

Intersections

·An issue that caused a regenall to be
required in order to see style changes has been resolved.

Performance Issues

·Instances have been addressed where AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 runs out
of memory during certain tasks.

·Cache files are left in the MapCache directory after closing
AutoCAD Map 3D without saving the new drawing.

64-bit

·An issue with the IRD module of ADE on a 64-bit operating system
has been resolved. The program no longer closes unexpectedly if it has been
running for a long time or the user has loaded a large data set that results in
a higher address value.